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Post by fallen on Feb 18, 2016 1:10:43 GMT -5
Finishing the thumbnails up to page 13, and the development in page 4 really got me excited -- so here is page 5! I'm excited to introduce the new poll as well: help us name, define, and create 2 crew members. The discussion is likely to be broken up between the Patreon post and this forum post, but our Patreons are invited to post on either page, and I will keep up. Participating in the poll requires a $2 pledge to our Patreon. Thanks to all of our Patreons for their monthly support and for keeping this forum ad free! Page 4Page 5Page 6[ link to the full sized image ]After page 4, I got pretty excited and powered through to page 5, which includes a really important choice moment and a poll of sorts. You can see right in the artwork what we will be deciding! In this panel, you meet two of Captain Avenira's crew. They've both been subdued by the Bounty Hunter's beefy pistoleer. This choice moment is to bring these two crew members to life. We'll use this moment to poll our Patreons to pick -- the name, appearance, job, traits, personality quirks, backstory -- basically anything you want to provide, about these two characters. I will keep a running post of the "top ideas" and everyone can weigh in on what they like, or provide their own additions to the story. In the end, I will synthesize two new crew members from the top input, so it is important to chime in if you see someone else post something you like too.Here are some things to consider: [+] We're looking for interesting folks here! The Captain keeps a small crew, around the size of Firefly, so there are likely to be 6 folks on the Vigilant, so we want each one to be unique and awesome in their own way. Really, with a crew of 6, every crew member is basically an officer. [+] These two are a male and female who were captured during the time that the Bounty Hunter and his henchman snuck onto the Vigilant. This means neither is a hardened combat veteran who would never be taken alive. [+] Neither of these characters will die in the following scene, but no promises after that. When you post your comment, please start with the following aspects for one or both characters: [+] Name [+] Job (think Officers in ST, ... Mechanic, Spy, Diplomat, Scout, wise old man). [+] Appearance (I will redo the comic panel based on the polling!) [+] Two character strengths and two character flawsLet's make something awesome together! A huge thanks to our Patreons for their support in all of our gaming endeavors.
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Post by xdesperado on Feb 18, 2016 1:50:34 GMT -5
Vote for female to be some sort of diplomat/tradesman type. She excells in making contacts for the captain and crew as far as finding legitimate jobs/cargos etc. Great at keeping track of political climate and financial matters. Doesn't really have any knowledge or skills in regards to the more shady dealings the Captain and ship may take part in. Not a complete innocent, she's smart enough to know possibly questionable activities even outright illegal things may be going on, but is smart enough to turn a blind eye. Loyalty to the Captain keeps her onboard, but she'll be the one working hardest to find Legitimate work for the ship and trying to steer the action away from the more dangerous business. So far the Captain and other crew have managed to keep her out of any really threatening business...till now. This is her first time under direct personal threat.
The male is a pilot. He's fearless when flying the ship and has plenty of experience doing so in combat and other hazardous situations. That said he's got problems dealing with people, crowds can nearly paralyze him and even a few strangers will make him extremely nervous and clumsy. The small crew and ship are a sort of safe haven for him.
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Post by fallen on Feb 18, 2016 12:30:14 GMT -5
xdesperado - bravo! I'm excited for the prospect that as the comic grows through different episodes, you and other Patreons will be able to see your hand in creation of these characters! So far, we have a vote for, Female, unnamed- tradesman / diplomat - well connected, especially in legitimate jobs / deals / cargo - a bit naive, been kept out of the Captain's occasional smuggling, so far she's been willing to look away and ignore - Loyalty to Captain Avenira is a big trait - This is her first life-threatening experience Male, unnamed- Ace pilot - Fearless when flying and in teh face of death - Has lots of experience, must have come up through a military somewhere - Phobic of strangers and crowds (stuttering, uncoordinated around them), is only really comfortable on his ship with his crew Thanks for getting us started, looking forward to hear other ideas and reinforcing votes for these ideas. Also, names and appearance ideas are welcome!
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Post by xdesperado on Feb 18, 2016 12:47:01 GMT -5
fallen thanks for editing my suggestions into a more concise format, coherent posts in the wee hours of the morning can be difficult One possible change though regarding the pilot, my idea was that he's more or less phobic about stranger's/crowds. Takes him days or even weeks to adjust to someone new around him, till then he'd be a stuttering, unquardinated mess. Put him in the pilots seat and he's quick witted and sharp, think like how some of us struggle with real life interactions but can be very social on internet only even more so.
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Post by fallen on Feb 18, 2016 13:49:07 GMT -5
xdesperado - awesome, thanks for the clarification - fixed
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Post by fallen on Feb 18, 2016 13:50:21 GMT -5
P.S. the next 3 pages don't require the officers, so we've got a nice amount of time to work on this.
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Post by johndramey on Feb 18, 2016 19:31:54 GMT -5
I love it! The new page looks boss, boss!
I posted my vote in Patreon but I'll copy it over here as well.
Female: (Insert first name) Song -First officer (as in, the manager of the ship) -A logistics wizard, can plan anything with exacting detail (positive trait) -Tends to be a bit bigoted, looks down on clans/syndicates other than her own, but particularly dislike Javat as she thinks they're blue color slobs (negative trait) -Moonlights as the face of the ship, working out deals and generally gathering intel, she's silver-tongued (positive trait) -Has a "soft heart," tends to be sucked in by con artists with sob stories. Naive (negative traits)
Male: Nikolai "Nik" (Insert last name) -Mechanic -Tends to be abrasive due to being a bit of a neat freak/organizer (negative) -Very proud of himself, takes personal offense at advice/criticism/questions (negative) -Macgyver-esque in his ability to cobble together tools/repair things. (positive) -Lots of connections in starports, he's an older and well traveled dude!
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Post by fallen on Feb 18, 2016 23:56:41 GMT -5
johndramey - haha, so Nikolai rides again! I love it. Thanks for everyone jumping in on this, as I mentioned -- it's an experimental project. I've never tried anything like this (including comics) before, so we'll just have to have fun and work our way through it. Here are the current list of votes and options that have been tossed in by Patreons. I could see that we could synthesize the two female officers possibly into one as they share some ideas. But, I will wait to hear some other Patreon's chime in! FEMALE OFFICERUnnamed- tradesman / diplomat - well connected, especially in legitimate jobs / deals / cargo - a bit naive, been kept out of the Captain's occasional smuggling, so far she's been willing to look away and ignore - Loyalty to Captain Avenira is a big trait - This is her first life-threatening experience (Insert first name) Song-First officer (as in, the manager of the ship) -A logistics wizard, can plan anything with exacting detail (positive trait) -Tends to be a bit bigoted, looks down on clans/syndicates other than her own, but particularly dislike Javat as she thinks they're blue color slobs (negative trait) -Moonlights as the face of the ship, working out deals and generally gathering intel, she's silver-tongued (positive trait) -Has a "soft heart," tends to be sucked in by con artists with sob stories. Naive (negative traits) MALE OFFICERUnnamed- Ace pilot - Fearless when flying and in teh face of death - Has lots of experience, must have come up through a military somewhere - Phobic of strangers and crowds (stuttering, uncoordinated around them), is only really comfortable on his ship with his crew Nikolai "Nik" (Insert last name)-Ship's Mechanic -Tends to be abrasive due to being a bit of a neat freak/organizer (negative) -Very proud of himself, takes personal offense at advice/criticism/questions (negative) -Macgyver-esque in his ability to cobble together tools/repair things. (positive) -Lots of connections in starports, he's an older and well traveled dude!
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Post by wascalwywabbit on Feb 19, 2016 0:07:47 GMT -5
... we could synthesize the two female officers ... Taking things outta context for the humour...
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Post by fallen on Feb 19, 2016 0:13:24 GMT -5
... we could synthesize the two female officers ... Taking things outta context for the humour... Lol ... oh context. Thanks for your support on Patreon
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Post by ntsheep on Feb 19, 2016 0:27:15 GMT -5
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Post by beverage on Feb 19, 2016 5:20:11 GMT -5
Female - Raven Leclaire Medical Officer with an obsessive love of studying the quadrants Flora and Fauna, Always badgering the captain to land on this god for saken rock or that for her hobby. Despite this she is one of the most highly skilled medical proffessionals in the quadrent. Highly respected by the rest of the crew as she has saved their lives more than once, whether an ice collection accident or battle injuries. Petite yet fit and strong (from those meandering biology expeditions) with short hair and a calm reassuring face. Never faulters or hesitates to help her wounded comrades even at the risk of her own skin and fiercely loyal to her captain. Never shuts up about this plant or this bug or that microbe!!! Don't give her too much Vudka though, annoying drunk I'm liking xdesperado for the male but will add a flaw MALE OFFICER Unnamed - Ace pilot - Fearless when flying and in teh face of death - Has lots of experience, must have come up through a military somewhere - Phobic of strangers and crowds (stuttering, uncoordinated around them), is only really comfortable on his ship with his crew - Takes almost sadistic pleasure in scaring the sh*t out of his crew with absurd yet brilliant maneuvers and will likely be the death of his captain, not with a crash but through stress
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Post by fallen on Feb 19, 2016 9:09:15 GMT -5
Female - Raven Leclaire Medical Officer with an obsessive love of studying the quadrants Flora and Fauna, Always badgering the captain to land on this god for saken rock or that for her hobby. Despite this she is one of the most highly skilled medical proffessionals in the quadrent. Highly respected by the rest of the crew as she has saved their lives more than once, whether an ice collection accident or battle injuries. Petite yet fit and strong (from those meandering biology expeditions) with short hair and a calm reassuring face. Never faulters or hesitates to help her wounded comrades even at the risk of her own skin and fiercely loyal to her captain. Never shuts up about this plant or this bug or that microbe!!! Don't give her too much Vudka though, annoying drunk I'm liking xdesperado for the male but will add a flaw MALE OFFICER Unnamed - Ace pilot - Fearless when flying and in teh face of death - Has lots of experience, must have come up through a military somewhere - Phobic of strangers and crowds (stuttering, uncoordinated around them), is only really comfortable on his ship with his crew - Takes almost sadistic pleasure in scaring the sh*t out of his crew with absurd yet brilliant maneuvers and will likely be the death of his captain, not with a crash but through stress beverage - lol, awesome add to xdesperado's ace pilot! That is great. We've got 2 votes in for the pilot, though we need a name! I will ad Raven Leclaire to the list, she looks like a perfect officer
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Post by fallen on Feb 19, 2016 9:30:17 GMT -5
Here is the latest running polling on the new Officers for Captain Avenira's crew. beverage, I added a little piece to Raven's profile, in italics about helping comrades or the innocent. I think that would come in handy later. The unnamed male ace pilot now has 2 solid votes, and we've got a lot of great options starting to pile up on the table. I'm starting to wonder if we'll end up with more than 2 of these characters joining as crew They might not be captured atm, but perhaps they will be the unseen crew who appear later. FEMALE OFFICERUnnamed- tradesman / diplomat - well connected, especially in legitimate jobs / deals / cargo - a bit naive, been kept out of the Captain's occasional smuggling, so far she's been willing to look away and ignore - Loyalty to Captain Avenira is a big trait - This is her first life-threatening experience (Insert first name) Song-First officer (as in, the manager of the ship) -A logistics wizard, can plan anything with exacting detail (positive trait) -Tends to be a bit bigoted, looks down on clans/syndicates other than her own, but particularly dislike Javat as she thinks they're blue color slobs (negative trait) -Moonlights as the face of the ship, working out deals and generally gathering intel, she's silver-tongued (positive trait) -Has a "soft heart," tends to be sucked in by con artists with sob stories. Naive (negative traits) Female - Raven Leclaire- Medical Officer with an obsessive love of studying the quadrants Flora and Fauna, Always badgering the captain to land on this god for saken rock or that for her hobby. Despite this she is one of the most highly skilled medical proffessionals in the quadrent. - Highly respected by the rest of the crew as she has saved their lives more than once, whether an ice collection accident or battle injuries. - Petite yet fit and strong (from those meandering biology expeditions) with short hair and a calm reassuring face. - Never falters or hesitates to help her wounded comrades or the innocent even at the risk of her own skin and fiercely loyal to her captain. - Never shuts up about this plant or this bug or that microbe!!! Don't give her too much Vudka though, annoying drunk MALE OFFICERUnnamed (x2 VOTES, needs a name)- Ace pilot - Fearless when flying and in teh face of death - Has lots of experience, must have come up through a military somewhere - Phobic of strangers and crowds (stuttering, uncoordinated around them), is only really comfortable on his ship with his crew - Takes almost sadistic pleasure in scaring the sh*t out of his crew with absurd yet brilliant maneuvers and will likely be the death of his captain, not with a crash but through stress Nikolai "Nik" (Insert last name)-Ship's Mechanic -Tends to be abrasive due to being a bit of a neat freak/organizer (negative) -Very proud of himself, takes personal offense at advice/criticism/questions (negative) -Macgyver-esque in his ability to cobble together tools/repair things. (positive) -Lots of connections in starports, he's an older and well traveled dude!
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Post by fallen on Feb 19, 2016 13:14:02 GMT -5
Great suggestions so far -- I've been keeping this thread and the Patreon thread in sync as folks post on either.
I hope if you're enjoying the comic, you'll consider joining us on Patreon for as little as $1 / month to help support our creation of new games!
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